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| https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397968 | Polis fights for Colorado priorities in House transportation bill | 2015-11-03 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Democrat | House | CO | Jared Polis | P000598 | polis.house.gov | legacy | Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02) today introduced several amendments to H.R. 22, a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, to address longstanding problems affecting Coloradans. The amendments follow a letter Polis sent in September to the leaders of the House Transportation Committee outlining Colorado priorities for the upcoming highway bill. Polis-authored measures included: An amendment to reduce train horn noise in Fort Collins, Loveland, and other areas of Northern Colorado. Poliss proposal calls for giving train operators traveling at 25 MPH or less the discretion to only sound their horns when doing so is necessary to ensure safety. An amendment to designate I-70 between Denver and Salta Lake City as a Corridor of High Priority. This designation would make the highway eligible for federal funding for badly-needed maintenance and improvement projects. An amendment that would give high-priority corridors, such as I-25, preference in consideration for funding under the newly created Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program. This would help make I-25 more competitive when applying for federal funds under this new program to make repairs and improvements. The federal government needs to do a better job at improving and managing our highways, railroads, and bridges, Polis said. Transportation challenges are a huge quality of life issue for thousands of Coloradans every day, making our state less efficient, less productive, and less attractive to visitors and potential residents. These measures take a targeted approach to easing some of these challenges. In September, Polis sent a detailed, six-page letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Transportation Committee outlining specific federal programs and budget line-items that could help fund priority transportation projects in Colorado. Programs that Polis highlighted included the Projects of National Significance grant program, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA), and freight corridor funding. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |